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Originally Posted by Muta
Facilities could include a new arena (with the Olympics being a big catalyst to getting this underway), a large upgrade to McMahon Stadium at worst / a new stadium at best, a badly-needed redevelopment of the Olympic Oval, a new Canmore Nordic Centre and track, support facilities at alpine venues (either Nakiska or Lake Louise), a new curling facility, transit infrastructure to the airport, upgraded municipal roadwork... not to mention private investment including housing for an Olympic Village / residents afterwards, hotels, restaurants, shopping...
... getting these done would be next to impossible in such a quick time if an Olympic bid isn't the engine driving it.
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You are describing my worst fear in a "yes" vote for the Olympics. My vote does not sanction the city/country to spend a bunch of extra infrastructure money in the name of a "citizen mandate" to host the Olympics. My yes vote would be for Calgary to host the Olympics at a pre-described dollar figure and any expectation for planned overruns would require projects to be scrapped in order to meet the original dollar figure.